Halloween Dharma

There are many paths

Find a guru
With a lineage to the Bhagavān.
Immerse yourself in Dharma.
Practice with diligence
For many lifetimes. 
And at last realize
Emptiness, Bodhicitta, Enlightenment.
:)

On the other hand you might

Lock yourself in the bathroom for a few years
And patiently scrub away your flesh 
Red stains swirling down the drain.
Carve and scrape the meat from your bones
Flushing big chunks down the toilet
Looking squarely at the pain. 
(So much pain. Thank G-d I had no alternative.)
 
Find a teacher 
To show the best places to scrub and carve
To demonstrate how best to handle the knife.

And slowly slowly but surely
First a sparkle
Then a glimmer
Then a radiance will be uncovered
Which penetrates like X rays.
Slowly slowly will emerge
A nearly blinding light